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President Obama Nominates Two To Serve As U.S. Attorneys

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, President Obama nominated Deirdre M. Daly and James Walter Frazer Green to serve as U.S. Attorneys.

“These fine attorneys have extensive legal experience and a shared commitment to public service,” President Obama said. “I am thrilled that they will continue their service by pursuing justice on behalf of the American people as United States Attorneys.”

Deirdre M. Daly: Nominee for United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut

Deirdre M. Daly has served as the First Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Connecticut since 2010 and as the Acting United States Attorney since May 2013. Previously, Daly was a partner with the Connecticut law firm Daly & Pavlis LLC from 2001 to 2010 and with the New York law firm Gage & Pavlis from 1997 to 2001. She served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York from 1985 to 1997 and began her law career as a law clerk for Judge Lloyd F. MacMahon of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1984 to 1985. Daly received her J.D. in 1984 from Georgetown University Law Center and her B.A. in 1981 from Dartmouth College.

James Walter Frazer Green: Nominee for United States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana

James Walter Frazer Green has served as First Assistant United States Attorney in the Middle District of Louisiana since 2010 and as the Acting United States Attorney since July 2013. Previously, Green served as Deputy Criminal Chief in the Middle District of Louisiana from 2002 to 2010 and as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Nevada from 1998 to 2000. He has also been a member of the United States Marine Corps Reserve since 1989, where he currently holds the rank of Colonel and serves as the Officer-in-Charge of the Environmental Services Division. He has also served as a United States Marine Corps Judge Advocate since 1994. Green received his J.D. in 1993 from Tulane Law School and his B.A. in 1989 from Louisiana State University.